Perth Wedding Photographers

Choosing a wedding photographer

Your wedding is a huge life event. One of, if not the, biggest.

When all the food is gone, the guests have left, and the band has packed up, all you have to remember your special day are your wedding photos. Maybe a video, some of the guests’ Facebook lives, a marriage and a spouse, of course, but mainly the photos.
Weddings are full of moving parts and emotions can run high. The more preparations you can make prior to the event the better.
A good wedding photographer is a key part of making things run smoothly. Not only do they need to take good photos you like, but they will also be with you the whole day so choosing the right one is important.

Here are some pointers to make it a bit easier.

When you jump on your favourite search engine and start looking for wedding photographers in your area, the first thing you’ll see is their photos. Who’d have guessed? You’ll quickly get a feel for their style and whether you like it or not.
Looking at how they use light and colour, whether they are playful, focus on natural colours, are more subdued or relaxed, and how they capture their subjects.
From this, you should get an idea of how well they will handle photos of your specific location or venue. It might help to imagine yourself in the photos and see how that feels to you.
Once you have found a few photographers that you like and that really speak to you, you can start the next step. Which isn’t about price.
Commercial photographers aren’t shy to display their rates on their website, but independent photographers take a much more personal approach. Sometimes you can quickly rule out some photographers as too expensive. But a word of caution…

Wedding photography budgets

Budgets are important for a wedding but don’t let some fancy vol-au-vents get in the way of the perfect wedding album that you can pass down through the family. Your photographs will last well beyond the event itself and deserve careful thought as to how much you are prepared to spend on them.
Start calling or emailing your prospective photographers and see if you can book a meeting. This is a first sign of putting you and your special day first. It’s a definite red flag if their policies and procedures are more important than you.
Your photographer will be at your wedding all day alongside you. You don’t invite just anyone as a guest, and your photographer is no different.
It’s vitally important that you all get on well, and you’ll learn far more from a face to face meeting than from a website.
This is the best time to find out how the day is going to work from a photographic perspective and what happens after.
On the day your photographer needs to work around you, but they need to be able to do their job at the same time, so find out how they’ll work at the event itself. It may be important to you that they are completely unobtrusive or you may not mind them directing set piece photos.

Know what your getting

It’s not exactly romantic going into the costs and what you get for your money, but this is not the time for nasty surprises. Make sure they will be there for as long as you need them and not charge for extra hours or even extra assistants.
Ask exactly what you get after the wedding and when.
Post editing can mean you don’t get your photos for up to 6 months and you might not get what you expected. To be fair though, a days shoot can easily take 40 hours or even more of editing time.
Make sure you know about any limits to the number of prints you will get, or the rights to the photos. Sometimes a photographer keeps the rights and you don’t even own your own photos. If you want more you could end up paying extra. Clearing this up before hiring them will keep everyone happy.

CJ Williams Photography

CJ Williams Photography

Ross Wallace Photography

Ross Wallace Photography

Tyler Brown Photography

Tyler Brown Photography

Tyler Brown Photography

Izo Photography

Izo Photography

Perth based wedding photographers

Here are a few Perth based wedding photographers to have a look at. From their brief bios, you can get an idea of their style and philosophy and decide if you’d like to find out more about what they do.

Carly is an arty introvert, quiet and reserved, perfectly happy spending time at home with a book and a cup of tea. Or a glass of wine and a couple of cats. She considers this amusing as most weekends she’s at other peoples’ wedding parties.

She’s been into photography since her teens and has been doing weddings full time since 2009.
She likes to use natural light and surroundings in a documentary style that emphasises colour. Portraying the intense emotions of the day is important to her, but so is capturing the light-hearted fun that happens too.

She likes to focus on the family connections and celebrations, and allow the couple to relive the joy and emotions of the day. “It’s incredibly rewarding to hand over photographs that bring back peoples memories of a beautiful day.”View Wedding Portfolio

Ross loves surfing and surf photography as well as weddings. After an overseas trip where he started taking street photographs he was so inspired when he got back he took a photography course at TAFE in Perth, and it went from there.

He likes the mix of taking a technical photo with the spontaneous street and surf style. He’s shot weddings at the red cliffs of Kununurra and Lake Como in Italy, but for him, it’s not so much the locations as the happiness of the event and the interactions between people.

Tyler is a dad to twins and a baby boy.
His favourite wedding shoot was the first one he ever did for a friend. It cemented the importance of his job recording this special day for family and friends.

Unlike many wedding photographers, he is a true specialist exclusively shooting weddings. He has a candid documentary style recording events as they unfold but isn’t afraid to use some gentle direction to help things along.

A lot of time is spent in post-shoot editing where he takes care to match the energy of the shots to a suitable post-production effect adding more visual vibrancy to the high energy shots while keeping the overall feel of the album.

Some of his favourite shoots have been in Italy with tiny intimate weddings in backyards which he loves because of the wonderful close interactions between the guests.View Wedding Portfolio

Jimmy and Shona are self-taught and have been photographers for ten years. They have a street-slash-documentary style with a quirky combination of fine art portraiture in the mix.
Weddings are private and intimate occasions so they consider it a privilege to be invited to take part in such an important family event to document it for the couple and the family.

One of their most unusual weddings was in Greece for a couple from Mauritius.
When they are not snapping at weddings they love hiking in remote wilderness in the beauty of nature.View wedding portfolio

Hi Sue-Anne and Scott!Thank you so much for you gorgeous set up, everything was so unbelievably beautiful and we had the most magical, romantic night!!Huge thanks again!xx Cally

CallyWedding Equipment Hire

To dear Mal,I have been going to come in and say thank you for so many days. I am so sorry that I have left it so long. Thank you so much for all of your support re the wedding and for the last minute dance floor. It was the perfect size. Don't ask Brad as he never got up on it!!!!!!!!I am very gratefulNesta

NestaBirthday Equipment Hire

Hi Mal, Mike & Sue,
Thanks for all your assistance on Thursday and Friday, we loved the furniture and set up at Burswood on Swan!
Thanks again,
Emma Stevenson.

Emma StevensonWedding Equipment Hire

Thanks for all your help this year and being such a dream to work with, my most reliable supplier! Lauren M City of Subiaco

Lauren M

Many thanks - Michael's superlative efforts transformed our garden into a magical setting for the wedding last Saturday.regards and thanksSusan

Susan

Just wanted to say thank you for your help on the weekend and in the lead up to the wedding - the venue looked spectacular!

Andrea MillerWedding Equipment Hire

Hi Sue-AnneI just wanted to say a huge thank you for all your help and patience, with me chopping and changing our order all the time. The wedding was fantastic and all went incredibly well.The service of Perth Party Hire helped make the day such a success.Thanks once againSally

Sally BWedding Equipment Hire

Great people to deal with and a lovely range of furniture at competitive prices. I'd definitely recommend them for any Perth event.Taryn L

Taryn L Wedding Equipment Hire

Michael and his team of hard working delightful lads put together the most memorable setting for our son and his new wife's Wedding, held in our back garden. Every aspect of the install and bump out was done efficiently and professionally.We had the most stunning evening, highlighted by Michael's exceptional skills with lighting and highlighting special areas of the garden to make it a magical night for all. Everyone commented on how beautiful our garden looked....HUGE thanks.
I will recommend Perth Party Hire to everyone !
Kate Jones

Kate Jones Wedding Equipment Hire

Many thanks for your help with our event - your advice was greatly appreciated. The items we hired from PPH were perfect for our needs, your delivery and pick-up service was great and the birthday girl was very happy with the final look. I would happily recommend PPH! P Lynch

P Lynch Wedding Equipment Hire

Hi Sue-Anne,On my last day at the city, just a quick email to say thank you for the exceptional service you have provided over the last few years. I have thoroughly enjoyed our working relationship and it has been a pleasure to do business with someone so warm and helpful.Kind regards,Chloe Jarvis

Chloe JarvisCorporate Function Hire

Hi Sue & Mal,I just wanted to say a huge thank to both of you for your patience with us, and an even bigger thank you for your help getting everything organised for our event at PICA last Saturday!The event ran smashingly!!Thanks again, your help is greatly appreciated.Kind regardsRochelleThe Standard

Rochelle

The web site is FAB!!!Was great to be able to look up items and the cost I’ll get Purchase order numbers to you a lot faster now!Thanks Sue-Anne, have a great weekend!Ellice

ElliceCorporate Function Hire

Hi Sue-Anne,Happy Wednesday!
Just a courtesy email to say Thanks again for coming to our rescue on Saturday!!
We really appreciate it!Have a great week!

Monique - Plan BCorporate Function Hire

Thank you very much! Our whole experience with Perth Party Hire was a pleasure.
Kind Regards,Rebecca Otten | Executive Assistant

Rebecca OttenCorporate Function Hire

Paid with the most sincere thanks to you all.Don’t know what I would have done without you guys.You are the best! MN

M N

Hi Sue-Anne,Liam did an amazing job by the way and was very helpful and polite. A great asset to your team!ThanksKelly

Kelly CHouse Party Hire

Thanks Sue-Anne. Your guys were great! And all the equipment looked fab!Amy

Amy - Satterley Group

"Thank you Perth Party Hire for your prompt delivery service of our party equipment. Your ideas and design of the yard was perfect on the evening."

Julie Smith, NedlandsWedding Equipment Hire

"We had a wonderful experience working with the PPH.
The suggestions and flexibility from Sue Anne and Michael enhanced our party and made it go from good to great. I highly recommend working with PPH".

AlfieBirthday

We would just like to say thankyou to all of the team at perth party hire for all your help in setting up our special day. We had so many compliments on the set up, you all did a fantastic job.

Marissa and Todd

Thank you so much for your help and service for the day!! True professionals.Brett & Bronwyn Thompson

Thompson WeddingWedding Equipment Hire

Should we be holding a similar function or require a Marquee in the future, your company will be our first port of call and we are prepared to recommend your company to other groups, if they require a Marquee.

Stan Davies RAAHS WACorporate Function Hire

Hi Sue-Anne
Thanks for the equipment the evening was a massive success so thank you !!!
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Barry

Barry CornwallEducation Equipment Hire

Hi Michael,
Quick note to say how impressed we are with the PPH service.
Came home today and the guys had taken down the marquee and put the (heavy) table back in its original spot – which they weren’t obliged to do – but did anyway.
Please pass on our thanks to them
Great service and thanks.
Regards,
Cookson family

Cookson FamilyHouse Party Hire

I hired items for my Wedding last Sunday. I just wanted to say a big thanks for the friendly & efficient service.
I will definitely recommend your company!
Thanks again
Kerry Denning

Kerry DenningWedding Equipment Hire

Thanks again for the last minute assistance - so great to know Perth Party Hire is there to help! Alex

AlexWedding Equipment Hire

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